Irish woman claims Madeleine McCann suspect's eyes 'bored into' her skull as he raped her

Hazel Behan told the court she still bears the scars of the attack, which took place in Praia da Rocha, in the Algarve, in 2004, where she was working as a holiday representative. File picture: RTÉ

An Irish woman who alleges she was raped at knifepoint by the main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has told a court she would never forget the eyes of her attacker, which “bored into my skull”.

Giving evidence in the trial of Christian Brückner, who stands accused of five sexual assaults in Portugal of women aged between 10 and 80 between 2000 and 2017, Hazel Behan, aged 40, who was raped in June 2004, told the court: “I believe that this man was my attacker.”